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[quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous]Our dd was like that when she started at NCS in 7th. It was really bad. We thought she was going to flunk out. We live in DC so we would have never considered DCPS. Luckily middle school grades don't count for college admissions (unless your kid takes h.s. math early-don't). We hired a tutor + kid did great in h.s. Recruited for a sport at HYP. I am not sure you can get a boy to work that hard-- it is up to you OP. Most boys won't listen to their moms. Let your dh do tough love + get a tutor asap. Good luck![/quote]

To many people, the idea that a high school-age student actually requires a tutor to get through classes is simply a bridge too far. I realize it's all the norm at STA, but please try to grasp, through your rose-colored glasses, that the vast majority of parents in the world would consider that a non-starter.[/quote]

I don’t know of a single kid who has a tutor in my son’s high school class.  I realize that is anecdotal but I don’t think having a tutor is the norm. FWIW, my son has never had one.  He does go into see his teachers though for office hours, lest I be accused of bragging. [/quote]

This is a very strange post. What makes you think you would know what 80 other boys in your grade are doing or not doing? Having a tutor is not something that people announce. Yes several boys do get outside help by tutors. There’s no shame in that and that’s certainly none of your business which is why you and your son do not know.[/quote]

There are several other threads where posters mention their kids don’t have tutors.  I said what I know is anecdotal and not everyone.  I was responding to the overage realization of pp saying that all STA kids have tutors or that you can’t survive without one.  That is not true either.  [/quote]

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